Rim Polishing Part II

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04-21-2005, 11:03 AM

50 Watt CAFz'r

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Hello everyone, I posted before about touching up my Polished RIms. I picked up a Grinder/Polisher and some polisher compound. My question is the compound is in bar form and when I try to scrap a piece out to polish it becomes almost like powder. What steps do I take from here to polish, do I have to apply some heat to the bar compound?

EDIT: Heres sorta what the bar looks like
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04-21-2005, 11:13 AM

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Apply it to the polishing wheel not the rim, Also with the compound less is more.

04-21-2005, 11:28 AM

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I figured the polish would go on the wheel, my problem is when I try to break a small piece of the compound off it becomes like powder and pieces that do stay solid are dificult because there so small.

04-21-2005, 01:23 PM

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Run the polisher and hold the compound against the pad for a second to 'load' it.

Don't hold it for too long or you will overload the pad and wind up with a mess on your wheels.

04-21-2005, 09:09 PM

Dereck Waller

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Yup, spin the polisher and hold it against the bar. You want to push fairly hard on the wheel when polishing at a lower speed.

04-23-2005, 07:26 AM

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Thanks for the great advice guys, unfortionately the weather has been crap here last couple days. Its raining like mad and supposed to rain and snow for like 4-5 days. I'll let you guy know how it works